Example sentences of "[is] [v-ing] [noun] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | English Hops is now busily developing the export trade and is helping growers to produce seedless varieties — which means waging war on the hapless and horny male hop . |
| 2 | BRITISH RAIL wants such high-fliers for its new breed of Euro-train guard it is using psychologists to decide suitable candidates . |
| 3 | It is launching appeals to save threatened wetlands in the valleys of the Saone , Rhine and Loire , which it describes as " the last wild river in Europe " . |
| 4 | It is getting people to accept painful decisions without hurting them . |
| 5 | It is asking creditors to forgive some debts and extend payments 24 to 48 months . |
| 6 | A CRUMBLING network the size of Belgium ; 2.7 million passengers a day ; the average Londoner 's travelling time to work 52 minutes and rising by several seconds each week . |
| 7 | Editor , — The Department of Health is investing £15m to establish additional sites for testing for HIV antibody . |
| 8 | Youngsters packed into the Christian Fellowship Church at Strandtown last week for the ‘ Babysit for Mexico ’ appeal which is raising funds to help young Christians do vital work with Mexican street children on a future visit . |
| 9 | Research Machines is offering advice to help former employees find new employmemt , but the outlook for these former computer workers , many now in their prime , looks uncertain . |